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BPAC reviews NMDOT road safety audit process and aims to pick single HSIP application area
Summary
The Biscilla Valley MPO Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee heard NMDOT's Highway Safety Improvement Program manager explain the RSA process, costs (about $40,000'$80,000), a five-year RSA shelf life, and the agency's preference for NMDOT-owned facilities; the BPAC agreed to narrow candidate hotspots at an April work session and prioritize vulnerable road users.
Las Cruces ' The Biscilla Valley MPO Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee on Monday heard a presentation from Jason Coffey, Highway Safety Improvement Program manager at the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT), on how NMDOT administers road safety audits (RSAs) and how the MPO should target a single application for Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) funds.
Coffey told the committee that NMDOT's RSA process is "data-driven" and that the agency typically conducts RSAs on roads it owns or those that include an NMDOT-owned segment. "For us, they've ranged in, cost from about 40,000 to 80,000," Coffey said, describing consultant-supported RSAs conducted through HSIP on-call contracts. He added that the program generally performs only a handful of RSAs each year and that "we have a safety committee practice that RSAs have a 5 year shelf life." The guidance and…
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